The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-08-19
A BIG THING. BUT FEASIBLE

uds hOn ORE lDexDauStlOle, easy q
access aud of superior quality. L
Is not in pockets but in cOntiDuou'
layers, and can aud will, of course
be mined. This ore is located jusI
where the Chunkey aud Okatibbet
creeks merge into the Chickasawha
The Chickasawha by its two tribu
|, taI!es assumes something of large
ness as it proceeds southwark until
it joins Buckatunna creek. some
thing of a stream itself, aud with il
forms the Pascagoula, which, by
reason of Its size takes the digni.
fed name of river aud empties here
at Pascasoula, Mississippi's only
port and one of the South'S best.
This leads us TO remark now, as We
have before, that when Enterprise
gets her dirt into iron we want it,
and it is to the interest OF Euter.
pIiSe to give it to US right down
upon the bosom of the Pascagoula.
When men come TO put their
money in these mines they will not
tail TO see the advantages of such a
scheme. Water navigation in such
an industry is au important item,
and in this particular instance of
immense Importance to this entire
section and the country generally.
There is no doubt bat that the
streams alluded TO could be render
ed naviga6le by a reasonable ex.
penditnre OF money, being already
navigable aud navigated for more
than half the distance. The dis
tance is not great and there are no
formidable distractions.
AT this end, the terminus, Con
gress has already made an appro
priation, aud is expected to give US
more, for deepening the river to the
maximum depth OF II feet up to
the Moss Point mills, a distance OF
four or five miles. This will give
US a river harbor along the banks of
which are the finest kinds of locali-
ties for manufacturing and ship
building. The timbers along the
banks of the Pascagoula river, such
as ash, hickory, cypress, gum, pop.
lar, ETC.: are of the finest, leaving
out OF consideration the great long
leaf yellow pine forests. These
timbers can be landed here cheaper
than at any other point by land.
All we want is the iron from Enter.
prise to give us the advantages
over any Southern point for manu-
facturingeverythipg requiring wood
and iron.
Enterprise wants this opening for
her iron, and she needs it and
TO have it. Congress has ex-
pended millions of dollars 10 emitting
he bottom out OF crawish streams
far less Importance than this to
+oster industries of mucn less mag
litude, aud if properly presented
md managed We believe it would
&c no difficult matter to secure the
requisite amount of funds 10 give
Enterprise direct water trauSpOr.
10 PascagOula. The matter {
be presented to our Con
sressmen at once and in proper /
by the live citizens of this '
nd Clarke county. 1t is not a mat. I
er of MUD work, but action-de. b
b~usiness-like action. This a
$, in our opinion, no visionary or
possible scheme to be ma -,
lipulated some time iD the future, !,
'ut is a matter that ought to be :
Ooked after nOw. Some day these :,
will "turn up" as Wilkins :,
laCawba has it, but a little public =,
pirit aud enterprise just how would :
rug about results with considera. +"
y more expedition and the whole I
ling would and should begin with !,
smelling furnace fires. What :
)es Enterprise think of itf Z